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Urechinus

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Urechinidae

Taxonomy
Urechinus was named by Agassiz (1879). It is extant.

It was assigned to Urechinidae by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Urechinus Agassiz p. 207
2010Urechinus Kroh and Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
infraorderUrechinina
familyUrechinidae
genusUrechinusAgassiz 1879

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Urechinus Agassiz 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available